On page 368, now, of Zadie Smith’s novel White Teeth. On page 3, I wanted to quit on account of too washed-out linguistic stereotypes. On page 20, I thought, oh well. Now I’m worried because the book has only 542 pages.

Oh, and the clash (around p.368) of self-styled progressive, utterly condescending white educated middle class with confused immigrant mishmash underdogs should be required reading for every f***ing student of Indian philosophy and such. Come to think of it, for professors, too. Humanity-wise.